SCHOOL ROUNDUP: North Quincy edges Quincy in girls swimming

Thursday

Jan 30, 2014 at 11:53 PMJan 31, 2014 at 12:01 AM

Rachel O'Driscoll won two individual events Thursday to lead North to a 95-84 victory.

Staff reports

Junior Rachel O'Driscoll picked up a pair of wins in the 500-yard freestyle (5:57.74) and the 100 butterfly (1:04.49) Thursday in leading North Quincy over city rival Quincy, 95-84, in Patriot League girls swimming and diving action at Lincoln-Hancock Pool.

North Quincy began the meet by going 1-2-3 in the 200 free. Junior Evlyn Scuzzarella got the win, followed by freshmen Sinead Kelly and Kat Pollastetti.

The 200 free relay team of senior Sarah Tran, Lauren Thorne, Scuzzarella and O'Driscoll won in 1:58.44.

Senior co-captain Carolyn Schwartz won the 100 backstroke (1:19.50). Thorne, the other co-captain, was second in the 50 free (:30.49).

For Quincy, freshmen divers Bailey Carey and Madison Synan placed first and second, respectively, with 184.075 and 114.60 points. Junior Sabrina Rauch, who won the 200 individual medley (2:39.94), qualified for South Sectionals with her :59.44 performance in the 100-yard freestyle.

Quincy and North Quincy will compete in the Patriot League swimming championships on Saturday and the diving championships on Sunday. Both competitions will be held at the Lincoln-Hancock Pool. The girls swimming meet will start at 9:25 a.m., and the boys meet at 2:25 p.m.

Despite not starting, Grassi entered the game leading North in scoring (13.8 points per game), rebounding (9.8) and steals (3.8). "She's my John Havlicek," North coach Dennis Azevedo said, referring to the Celtics' Hall of Fame sixth man. "I told her the John Havlicek story. Of course, she'd never heard of John Havlicek."

Cassidy Dahill hit a clutch 3-pointer to bring Hull to within one with 1:13 to play. Fiona Pearlman put Hull ahead on a layup with 52 seconds left and added another basket to give the Pirates a three-point cushion in the final seconds.

Woodward 57, Landmark 46: Eva Small and Traci Litthcut combined to score every point for Woodward (10-1) as Small had 39 and Litthcut had 18.

BOYS BASKETBALL

North Quincy 54, Silver Lake 50 (OT): Senior Efthim Butka went 3-for-4 from the foul line in overtime, including two free throws with 5 seconds remaining to seal the win for the undefeated Red Raiders.

North Quincy (14-0, 8-0 Patriot League) shot 20-for-36 from the foul line in the game, but went 6-for-11 in OT to outscore the Lakers, 8-4, in the extra frame. Butka finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds while senior Anthony Green collected 10 points, 10 rebounds and 7 blocks. Also playing well for the Red Raiders was point guard Kyle Richardson (4 points, 12 rebounds) and Solomon Umoren, who turned in a strong defensive effort.

Notre Dame 2, Austin Prep 2: NDA (3-6-4) skated to its second straight tie against a state powerhouse, this one with Austin Prep (9-1-2). On Tuesday the Cougars battled defending Div. 1 state champ St. Mary's (7-4-3) to a draw.

BOYS INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

Weymouth 53, Milton 46: Joe Mulcahy won the 300 meters (38.32 seconds) and the high jump and ran on the winning 4x400m relay (3:31.75) with Eli Diaz, Tyler O'Brien and Henry McDonald for Weymouth (4-2). Diaz won the long jump (19 feet, 2 inches), and McDonald captured the 55m hurdles (:8.49).